InnoVisions Canada Telework News

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Feb 28	Is it fair for companies to focus flexible work arrangements - including telework - on working parents? What about employees without kids? Are they chopped liver?
Feb 28	International telework workshop to be held in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada from Aug 28 to 31
Feb 28	Confessions of a full-time telecommuter
Feb 28	Connecting the Office � With business travel, telecommuting, etc where there are more and more empty offices, the challenge is to manage projects and keep all parties in sync and connected
Feb 28	Work/Life Movement Accepted in Organizations
Feb 27	Enterprise mobility makes its move in Asia Pacific
Feb 27	Managers don't get teleworking
Feb 27	Telecommuting offers hope for region choking on traffic backups
Feb 24	Association Management Education study: E-Commuting � Reducing Costs And Improving Productivity
Feb 24	Kansas Assistive Technology Cooperative (KATCO) helps persons with disabilities find telework employment with loans for adaptive equipment and home office modifications
Feb 24	Newcastle demonstrates teleworking's benefits
Feb 24	Statistics Canada study: Policy makers should look at strategies such as flexible hours, telecommuting and job sharing to allow individuals facing health challenges to remain in the workforce
Feb 24	A home office that works
Feb 23	US government survey: Employees with dependent care duties are better off teleworking
Feb 23	Drawing the line between work and home life: how to create a home office
Feb 23	Home is where the office is
Feb 23	Technology and electronic commuting is the way to beat gridlock
Feb 21	Home-based workers answer call
Feb 21	Study Reveals Americans Spend More Time Commuting Than on Vacation
Feb 21	New Ways to Work: Telecommuting and Job Sharing
Feb 21	3 new stories in our Telework Stories section: (1) Telework helps Navy girlfriend keep home fires burning; (2) Telework would be a wonderful solution for this CT job seeker who has no access to commuting; (3) Proud new Canadian values telecommuting and life balance
Feb 20	US Clean air campaign 2006 "Teleworking, You've Come A Long Way Baby"
Feb 20	North Carolina editorial says A solid mix of telecommuting and a few buses is the right solution for the Triangle region, not "a train we can't afford and commuters won't use"
Feb 17	Judge rules that company not required to encrypt teleworker data
Feb 17	The ageing workforce Turning boomers into boomerangs. Flexible working, telecommuting, etc can help older workers to extend their working lives
Feb 17	Effective federal telework programs can help prepare agencies for maintaining continuity of operations during disasters or other work disruptions, but obstacles remain
Feb 16	Majority of business officials believe that an influenza pandemic would significantly affect their business, but only 18% have completed a preparedness plan. The poll also suggested the importance of telecommuting: an 85% majority agreed strongly or somewhat that employees would be reluctant to come to work in a pandemic
Feb 16	Sherry Cooper, chief economist for BMO Nesbitt Burns, concerned that company servers are inadequate to handle all the at-home telecommuting in event of pandemic
Feb 16	The once solid line between work and home seems on the verge of dissolving. Technology lets us do business from our living rooms, and often we do
Feb 14	Make Your Car an Office on Wheels -- Keep your business rolling by making your car an office on wheels
Feb 14	Whether working at headquarters or teleworking from home, it's important to work safely. Here are some ways to avoid major hazards
Feb 13	Telecommuting offers at least two contributions to solving the energy crises
Feb 13	Blizzard leaves Northeast workers with nothing to do but play poker online � when they could be telecommuting
Feb 10	US Housing and Urban Development Department's telework program irritates some managers
Feb 9	Can Kirkpatrick law firm make telecommuting and flexible time work?
Feb 8	Aeroplan agents may be allowed to work from home
Feb 8	Call centers find new home. 'Cyber agents' help customers without leaving the house
Feb 7	Don't let the bugs grind you down - work at home instead of spreading your colds and coughs
Feb 7	Top government Chechen government leaders to work from home
Feb 7	Working from home can be fun, enlightening and rewarding. But it also can be challenging. This show helps people get started
Feb 6	End Traffic Jams -- Telecommute
Feb 6	Dream of telecommuting may become more elusive. Fewer companies may allow their employees to telework
Feb 6	Managers back work/life changes
Feb 6	As Congress continues trying to ensure that agencies comply with telework laws, Library of Congress is cutting back on its employees� telecommuting options
Feb 6	Doing homework. Telecommuting jobs benefit workers, help companies cut costs
Feb 3	Regular homebodies - Keeping workers at home helps productivity, reduces traffic
Feb 3	Coca Cola, others ramp up telework efforts
Feb 3	Patent office managers to receive telework training
Feb 3	Seasoned workers will soon have their pick of positions
Feb 3	End Traffic Jams -- Telecommute
Feb 1	Bell Canada, a major corporate tenant in downtown London, is shrinking its office space by three floors and moving some staff to other locations
Feb 1	Working from home sounds ideal, but beware of pitfalls
Feb 1	Telework - A Barrel Saved Is a Barrel Earned''
Feb 1	US government likely to face a "retirement tsunami" in the next few years. Telework one way to expand employment opportunities for the next generation of public servants
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